Celebrating the legacy of Bay Area Action

Bay Area Action was a pioneering environmental group in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1990 to 2000. The BAA History Project is ensuring the projects, accomplishments, and stories of BAA are made part of the historical record by archiving them on the Internet for perpetuity.

The Goal

If it happened before the web was born, did it happen?

The Internet is the world’s memory — the modern encyclopedia. Unfortunately, Bay Area Action’s past is mostly missing from the Internet.
But we can fix that.
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Our goal is to raise $120k in order to digitize over 13,500 documents, photos, videos, and more, then put them online so they become part of the historical record for all time. Our stretch goal is to produce a book.

10,000+

Photos collected so far

3,500+

Documents scanned so far

$9,555

Raised so far for our 3 funding goals

Be part of the record

We want your stories! Tell us how you got involved, about your pet project, your favorite story. You were part of something big! Your story should be part of the historical record.

Tell your story

Our fundraising goals

Help us make this project happen!

Electronic Archiving
Goal #1: Digitize and organize the BAA Archives

Digitize and organize the BAA Archives so the internet can remember the 1990s environmental movement.

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Goal:

$60,000

Raised:

$4,300

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Permanent Internet Home
Goal #2: Ensure a permanent home for the BAA Archives

Find a permanent home for the BAA Archives so that when we all die, the Internet doesn't forget.

16
%

Goal:

$15,000

Raised:

$2,600

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Telling People’s Stories
Goal #3: Tell people’s stories

Tell the stories of the people touched by BAA over ten years.

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Goal:

$35,000

Raised:

$0

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Who’s doing this?

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Mark Bult
Peter Drekmeier
David Smernoff
Susan Stansbury
Sue Nicholls
Geoff Nicholls
David Coale
Laura Stec

From the Archives

Some of the articles, newsletters, photos, and documents we’ve put online so far...

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January 21, 2025
Where the BAA Archives have been used

The BAA Archives have already been used by New York magazine, UC Berkeley, the US BLM, filmmakers, and others.

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Action, vol 1, no 3
Nov–Dec 1990
BAA’s place in the big picture

Bay Area Action mobilizes citizens to address environmental challenges through grassroots organizing and local projects, aiming to expand active participation in environmental change.

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Action, vol 1, no 3
Nov–Dec 1990
Our Mission

Bay Area Action is a grassroots environmental organization that employs diverse strategies to preserve and restore the San Francisco Bay Area’s environment while empowering local activists to address regional ecological challenges.

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